Dr. Luigi Scatteia from Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (CIRA) visited SICCAS

On March 10th, 2010, at the invitation of Prof. Guo-Jun Zhang, Dr. Luigi Scatteia from Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (CIRA) visited SICCAS. CIRA is the main pole of aerospace research in Italy. As the research and technology manager in CIRA since 2006, Dr. Scatteia is mainly responsible for the various national research projects in the field of advanced materials for aeronautics and space, one of the most attractive being the development of enabling materials and technologies for re-entry. This visit is to further enhance the research collaboration and academic exchange between CIRA and SICCAS, mainly on the issue of potential materials and their applicabilityon hot structures for hypersonic and re-entry vehicles.

During this trip to SICCAS, Dr. Scatteia delivered a brilliant academic lecture entitled “The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) Activities in the Field of Hot Structures”. He provided an insight into all the pros and cons of the ultrahigh temperature ceramics (UHTC) technology, as evaluated during CIRA research on this class of materials. At last, he gave us a consistent perspective on future directions for the possible successful adoption of these materials in space applications.The lecture is really impressive. Prof. Shunyan Tao, Prof. Yuping Zeng, Prof. Yanfeng Gao and many other researchers and graduate students of SICCAS attended the lecture and had a lively discussion with Dr. Scatteia.